Basic concepts of vibrational spectroscopy; IR and Raman spectroscopy; absorbance and Lambert-Beer law; simple group theory and character table; normal modes and group vibrations: examples; FT-IR instrumentation: how it works; polarisability ad Raman effect; Raman signal and instrumentation; laser; UV and VIS electronic spectroscopy; fluorescence and phosphorescence. laboratory practice work: IR spectra of samples and data interpretation, Raman spectra of samples and data interpretation.
Written report on the final exercise plus written or oral examination.
Course program
Basic concepts of vibrational spectroscopy; IR and Raman spectroscopy; absorbance and Lambert-Beer law; simple group theory and character table; normal modes and group vibrations: examples; FT-IR instrumentation: how it works; polarisability ad Raman effect; Raman signal and instrumentation; laser; UV and VIS electronic spectroscopy; fluorescence and phosphorescence. laboratory practice work: IR spectra of samples and data interpretation, Raman spectra of samples and data interpretation.